Monthly Archives: February 2008

They’re going to chop Hady Mutief’s head off

From my friend and colleague Ali Alyami, Executive Director, The Center for Democracy and Human Rights in Saudi Arabia. Ali is himself a member of the Ismaeli minority. Hady Muteif was accused of having offended Islam 15 years ago when … Continue reading

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Elect Obama or Michelle will be ashamed of America again

Obama now looks like he’s got the Democratic nomination locked in. However, go have a look at John Derbyshire’s interesting speculation “Al Gore is Inevitable” here http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=MWQxY2Q2ZWRmZGRkMDYwNzU1ZWQxMGU4YzY5ODY1YTQ= Michelle Obama is “proud of America for the first time.” Poor girl, an … Continue reading

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Weird election all right

This is a weird election all right, and the parties haven’t even nominated anyone yet! Various pundits have been pointing out that the pundits have been consistently wrong about almost every major event. Gosh, it turns out that We the … Continue reading

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On physical pain

It’s Sunday morning and I awoke with pain that makes it difficult to walk. It’s in the lower back, more on the left side, and particularly deep in the upper left buttock. I seem to have strained something, perhaps when … Continue reading

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Why no durn Yankee peckerhead is ever going to make me ashamed of the South

In my posts on Rewriting History: This Lincoln Garbage, I outlined why I thought the “New Confederate” Civil War revisionism was nonsense. And in my series on Western Civilization and its Discontents I acknowledged my debt to Lincoln intellectually, so … Continue reading

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Why Barack Hussein Obama

I’ve got to confess, I’m getting a lot of guilty pleasure watching Obama surge. “What on earth for?” you ask. First let me recommend David Brin’s blog here: http://davidbrin.blogspot.com/ This is well worth reading – even though there is actually … Continue reading

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On the other hand – it might be amusing

Pat Buchanan wrote here http://www.townhall.com/columnists/PatrickJBuchanan/2008/02/09/a_rapprochement_with_the_right McCain has said he will stay in Iraq another 100 years if necessary, that Russia should be thrown out of the G-8, that he will do whatever it takes to halt Iran’s nuclear enrichment program. … Continue reading

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It’s McCain, we’re screwed

Amiable wishy-washy Romney is out. It’s McCain. We’re screwed. Others have gone down the list of reasons why McCain is, or is not, unacceptable to conservatives. Not being one I’ll just say that McCain-Feingold is the deal breaker for me. … Continue reading

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Back on line!

Got home from work today to find the cable hooked up. We’re back on line! North Dakota is… cold this time of year. It’s also eerily beautiful at dusk driving through the snow-covered hills. Pursuing a local story, we found … Continue reading

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